has been for you, i actually think you owe it all to lionel richie. you say here, lionel richie, with one song, "lady" gave me a connection with every woman in the world. >> right. >> no man could do something finer than any other man than that. the greatest love song possibly ever written. >> he is the best writer of conversation. you listen to still, three times a lady, hello, it's like people talking. when i do ballads, i try to say what every man would like to say and what every woman would like to hear, and if you do that, you touch everybody, and the other songs are those with historical content. >> i love it. lionel richie, i asked him if he ever made love to his own music? >> to lionel? >> ask him if he's ever made love. start there. he's been my buddy for 40 years, and he's like me and dolly. we can say things about each other. i did that whole tv show, called "my first 50 years" with dolly, lionel, smoky robinson, they all came to sing with me, and i would say, hey, get my friends and lionel richie. he knows it comes from love. >> he has a great sense of humor. >> kenn